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IMPERIAL PALLIAMENT. :OMR OF COMMONS, " . TOUR ' lIDAYi 4.4.ean. 1.3 t, 7 .41'. bluvez Presented a Petition from the Lord o layor and Cc'rr!,'Oration. of the City' of Dublin, :., against the Dul; i ivi. paving Bill, praying. to, be he.ac.d.:..J el'unael ark4lnit the same.---Ordered to lie on the t able u n t i l "(liseccind. Veadingbf.ihe - The 1) oblin Presentment Bill Was :read - a second `ond oidered ito, ba, oommittrd. . • GRATTAN presentedb.: Petition 'finny the In.. 6,4tvept Debtors in ate Maislialsea at ,Dublin,, - pra)C frig for relief,--Ordered to lie on the table. • :In a Cerrnittee'of the whole Flouse it was resolv ed. on thO..rnotion: of . Mr, •Rosw, that British ships cilptated, and afterwards.recaptured, oltoold be"en . 7 ' tilled to register... 'rhe report Was. ordered* to.he -re- C.'l2.ived to-morrow.. • The Senech Creditist s latill wentAio' mittee,, the report of which was ordered to be re ceived trfrtnorrow. • 411 r. fast; obtained leaVe, to bring in a Bill similar to jai. introduced in the last Session, for repealing certain Aa4 and , ' amenilitt" others relative to the Wyollett- ManOraaore. - • • Loctl). CAETLERE AG tl. L;(41 A: HANtr LTON , gave notice,' that on to-mor row se'nnight Ite.Would-submit to the fliause a mo tion relatlve to the disclosures that had been made in the fleport of the East India Committee. That Report Was 'so Volurnuious, that to prevent tiny trtisapprohension, thought it necessary to state distioetly, that the part of it to which he intended to tall the attention of - the House was that whic4 related 1 to 60 conduit of. Lord Viscount CaOlereagh., The further consideration of the Report of the Irish Militia Bill was postponed to Monday next; and the second reading of the Irish Completion Bill (which ',Stood for to-rnormw), was .postp - oned to Tuesday . 'next. On the motion of Mr. CRREVY, the account pre sented to Parliament in 17;35, of the gross produce Os it. carne to this kingdom, of the fouroatui a half pei cent. duties on , goods , froth Barbadoes and the LeetVard Islands, for the 21 preceding years, was ordered to,be printed ;..aiAlvas alma similar account, presented in 1740; An, humble address was- like:- wise ordered lo,be presented to his Majesty, 'pray . ing that he. would be graciously pleased to give di tations that there be laid. before the House an ;lc count of the produce or those duties since his Ma , jesty's Accession distinguishing the amount in each year,. and stating what remained in the Ex-- chequer; also a copy of the instrument by which, in the year. 2714, an annuity of 9,0001. . was secured to his Royal Highness the Duke of • Gloucester; made payable out of the four and a half per cent. duties, . _ _ On the motiofi of Lord OSSULSTON, an humble address Was ordered to be presented to his Majesty, praying that ,he would be racionsly.pleased to give tilisettions, that there be laid before the, House a re- Itirn of all offices in the British Colonies, Plantations, and.Settlements,_ the appointments to which were the Crown, the tenuresly which they were .held., the emolgroetit4 arisjr% thetafrom,. whither Ihe'iluties of those otrii::es Were executed by the Prin. cipals or Deputies, &c, t, ,, t , 0n the motion of Mr... MARTIN, an Account 'was tt4egti, to be laid before the , House, of the 13alances i 'lke hands of the .Register of the High Court of Admiralty, of.the High COOtt of Appeal for Pri.4es, And of the High Court, of Derogates, .being the pre- . poy of suitors.in the said Courts, from the tith Ja nuary, 170;, until the oth January, 0109; disfirt unt:;hing the firiloilnt, in each year. - • • r ctilif.SElt ilt)BPrtAt. • Sir F, liennerr viished to obtain some inforrna froth a Noble Lord opposite, relative to a cir cumstance which had been reported to him ; 'and *ltich, if true, was certainly a most atrocious abuse. It had been stated to him,' thin some land having been purchased by the Public, for the benefit of Cluolsea Hotpital, at a very considerable expenee, had since, with • the •exception of a small portion, been grantid out by the Treasurer 16 Col. Gordon tpt: his individual use. Lord C4STLEREAGH said, that this was the first pine he had'ever heard of the subject. Mr: linaxissvt stated that such a - purchase as Oat elleded to by the Honourable Baronet had certainly !Jut made, and that a pert of the premises had been ;routed to Colonel Gordon at a fair valuation made by the Survtlor of the Crown ]..and, bat (his was the portion which was not considered . 6 neces sary tothe purposes of the Hospitid; and the course faken was that Which on due consideration appear ed the most advantageon for the public interest, Alter a few words from Mr. Ithac Mid Mr; LONG, ;Sir L. Btatprir gave notice of a motion on the ottb. tett for to-4)101;1.0w. Ate PRIVILEGE. sir' CL rikrdivrow, in consequence- of ;In at y:4terday tp seize his person by otii etr ntosyed j and it was. ordered, that Vt3oiet Butter, the iiersnn in questii'm, ihupld attenti it the Bar to-tnorrow, in answer for the sant!. Ititt„ P4V140.1.1. moved that the Honourable Hely Hracillibol) be added to the Committee to whom 11 . 1,1 !aeon referred she comicieration of the Spirit i').awbaclts, between Great 'Britain and Ireland. — tie observed, that the addition of Mr. Hutchinson would not augment 'the number at: which the Com: mi l Le4- Was on ivally 6xed,- is, as that number bad redLlCei.l tp t 7, b.y the vnation of the late Pl;;ef Sit rotary for Ireland. Mr. Huteilinion-wab a OICOIL eligible mewher tor 'Weil a Committee, re presenting as be did a city bo deeply inter,ested in the Bat ill ery.. The plidiN.COLLOit (1 the E,6fiEeitll4lt expre9ecl Lis disinellpation to , agree to,the motion, nut ouf of the slightest disrespect to the tionetyal)le Gen tiprnao titutiect to, but because on similar. grounds 'a variety si9tilar ,propositionb,. Tight be made, and Coossnit tee increased- irldetjnitely. With respeft. to ' { acatrey tit the. o.4smunittee oxn4ionea by ihele; ot the Lilo Ch c i Secretary.foi Ireland, it f4 4cl w t iv, more -properly filled up than by wileneve4 , ,that bucc4Air btipeld-talee Isis sett Houtie, I 4 13 .1'.# 43 9 1 .4 11 1 ,i4 4?'hEs claim to be a Mcm, ,• • , • her of this Committee, not on .his own account, but in' duly to his cphstituents, WhO comprised at lead ; ' a third of the Distillers of Ireland. Till. the House'.' should decide on the proposition of his Hon, Frien4 ; he. felt' it hiS duty .to withdraw, • Mr. PONSQNBY supported the, motion. It was exthordinarY that neither of the Members for a City, so deeply interested on the subjea as Cork, sliould - beinelaa inilia'Committti:' As to what Itad-fallen - frarrrthe Right 'lTOnouribTe' airitleMan respee.ting, the Qhief Secretary,,he wished to know whO that Chief Secrefaiy . was. If a Member of that House, he should like to knoW his 'name; if not ; he was desirous`of being inforMed what set of constituents the Right Honourable Gentleman cal :culated upon as prepared to receive him for their 'representative. P. IVloottg and Lard:lL PETTY warmly sup ported the 'motion. Mr..FOSTEIt t while het allowed that • the Hon. Gentleman alluded.to would , be a most fit Member of Stich a Committee, observed, that on similar ,LittAs a Member for Dublin, or . for Liverpool, or for Hull, or, for Edinburgh, orloY.Glasgow-,- might be proposed, and the extension of the Com mittee thereby created would become extkeMely inconvenient. The objet of the Committee was to settle certain, arrangements, in which the three Con stituent Kingdoms at the United Empire were alike concerned. In forming the Cpentnittee, therefore, care had been taken to compa.se it of au equal nuni her from each kingdom. Any augmentation of that number would, in his opinion, tend only to prevent the CoMmitteO from coming to a speedy • -Mr.-11E11=Y trusted the Right lion. Gentleman opposite would not. persevere in opposingi he mo tion. If it were thought necessary by ,him the nUmber of the Committee might . be extended. from 1 8 to t, in order to.prevent any undue. preponde rance that might be apprehended. by the Right Hon. Gentleman, frOm the introduction .of the . Hort. Member now proposed. The, CHANCELLOR OfllleExcattatma, on under standing that the number of the Committee shonld be increased to 2'l, forewent his objection to the 'mo tion,,which was then agreed to. Mr. 2W. PoLe obtained leave to bring -in a Bill, for the more convenient payment of the allowances on:the compassionate List of the Navy,. and ,of the half-par to Oflieers of the Royal Marines: • CAYTURL OF MAR'FINIQISE. Lord CitsThßtitto4l wive notice, that: he would to-morrow Move a Vute of Thanks to the Army and Navy, by whom the reduction of Martinititio had been achieved. This Day was published, The Third anion, augmented and curveted, with additional Plates, in Two Volt. Folio, price at ;6s . 6d. half-bound, !THE L MUSICA and POETICAL lIELICKS of the WELSH BARDS, preserved by Tradition and authentic Manuscripts, from very remote Antiquity; never before piiblished. To the Bardic Tunes.are added. Ver—. 6 tions for the harp, Piano-forte, Violin, or Flute. With a stied Collation of the PENNI LLION and ENG INN lON, or Poetical Blossoms, Epigramtnatic Stanzas, and Pastoral Songkof Wales, with English Traqslations. Likewise, 'A General History of the Bards and Druids, from the earliest period to the present time : with an Account of their Music and Poetry. To which is prefixed, a copioui Dissertation on the Musical Instruments of the Aboriginal Britons. Dedi cated, by permission, to his Royal highness the Prince of Watts. By EDWARD !ONES, Bard to the Prince. 'London : Printed for the 'Author; and sold by W. Miller, Anokselleran Albemarle-sfreet ; by T. Payne, No. HB , Pall Mall; by I. White, at No. 63, in Meet-street ; by Longman and Rees, No. • 39, Paternoster-row ; at BirchalPs Music 5h0p,.133, in New Bond -street, 640.-&c. . TO CORRESPONDENTS. it,* .are obliged to a torrespondtrat or the hformation he has giVCII us respelling the 1164110 of Oal‘hampton.. The subiea is, We think,. of too much importance to be confined to a NeWipaPer discussion : we have set on foot awinquiry into,the subjc4l, and me shall be obliged to our Correspondent for any authentic information respediag the extraordinary agreement alluded tq in his Letter. LOCAL MILITIA HILL. The, Order of the Day having been read, for tak ing into further cauSideratien the Report of the Lo cal Militia Bill, On the motion of Lord pASTLEREA . OI the Bill was recommitted. • A long and desultory conversation ensued on se veral of the clauses, in which Lord CASTL RR RA G Mr. G. VA:4BITTART, Sir T. TU RTC Np &co P , irtia! pitted. , yft was agreed on the motion of Lord CASTLE.. REACH, to, Cliekld the period for coMPleting the vo luoteering, front .t,he I oth at June; originally propos ed, to the Ist Jaduary next. Eris Lordship also departed from his original in tention of allowing a bounty cd. only one guiuea to volunteers in the Local IViilitia, and the clanse' al lowing two guineas b011:C explanatioo, agreed to. • The only other material point in the Commit tee was ,an . explanation given by Lord Castle reagh of the clause for training the regiments, if necessary, out Of the county to which they belong ed. 'ibis' was not an alteration adopted in a 'tar) , point of view, nor with the idea-of extending the powers of the 'Bill, .but merely for the.salce of local convenience to the men themselves, It had .been represented ,to °averment that in several counties there were no towns large enough to receive the men, and that in others there was perhapano place nearer than.from 30 to4o miles from the rest dunce of the, regunent which could receive, while. a neighbouring county presented proper quarters, Sc.c. at only the distance of five or, six miles. It. Vas therefore not to extend their services, but to give way to their convenience, that it was left in • the power of the Lor4 Lieutenant of the County toap ply for this indulgence, where it was necessary,--» This explanation was received 'as perie4itly satisfac tory, and several new Clauses beieg added, the Re-, port was received, .4nd the Bill ordered to be further considered on bronclay, when printed, with the amendments. The SECRETARY at WAR presented the continua= tion of the acconnt of the Halt-pay Fund, ordered by the floose, which, was on the fable, .and or tiered to be printed. • Mr. FOSTER brought in. the Rill for continuing and enlarging the Powers of the Irish Conatnis-' sioners of Inquiry, which was read, a first time, and ordered to be 'read a second time on Wettnekday 'and printed. Mr. WHARTON brought up the Report on the Public. Records of Scotland Bill, which wait agreed to,' and the Bill ordered to be printed, and raad,a third time on Monday, Iltl4H pI.TII.I.ERIES. The Hotnia, on the motion of Mr. Fotrea, went into a COmmittee on the . Irhh Spirit Duty'l3lll,. ip which-Mr. Foster and the Chancellor ot- the Ex chequer explicitly deelared,.that they considered the duty now imposed, as giving the Irish Distiller a preference to those at England, and that the mea sore was only temporary till theßeportn Of the COM'. mittec on the subjea, i!ow sitting above stairs, could bed received, when they wodd bring forward a re visal of the wholesystent. Mr. Foster in particular declared, that the present theastire was not what he ap.)rqvt44.l, but only adopted In censequenc,e of the opposition he had received horn theGentletnen on the other side. .4 J , 'tter sotne nbservations from Mr. 13A1111A1V and Ir. MANNtrio, the Report was , trdered to be re ceived toTrnorrow., . ', • A Thu for better paying the .Compassionate List - of the I\:ivy, and the liall,pay of the Royal Marines, writ bronglitin . by Mr..'W4AItTON. Iteutl a first li.ruc, and pr 140.0 htitiollil on 'Monday.. Adi°uP,WA at nine 9%*loOrt - MAILS. &atm en-1 Dublin, t WatertOrd. Dus.-3 Gottenburgth t Malta, 1 Waterford. I'itloE O STOCKS DAY AT TINTIVI O'JLOCK. COOSOIS • • • • . • • • 67 I', 63 67i TFIE S U N. 1101.114 QUIS DlCial /*LIMOS AUDSAT L 0 ND D N, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1809. ACCORDING to private Letter: received this morn. ing, dated Charlestown, so late as the wth ult. brought by 'a Velte) which touched at Dartmouth, the Non-intercourse Bill had passed, and is to_ be carried into elle& on the' Roth of May. The Em bargo bad been taken off, with , respe& to Neutral Powers, on the 15th of last month, but remains still in force against this Country and France. Vessels were loading and about to sail for Neutral Ports at that period. • Some of the letters which have been received by the last Mail from Sweden, state, that the deposi tion of the King by no means meets with the appro bation of the people in general, and that'a counter• revolution W 3 3 by no means improbable. The in formation, hoWever, which we have received, and up on which we place great reliance, induces us to enter tain strong doubts with respect to the accuracy of the statetnents in those letters, as far as.they relate to the probability of a counter-revolution. There is every reason to believe that the Duke of SUDUBM4NIA will; as soon as , possible, conclude- a Peace with Russia, Denmark, and France, and although he professes to wish to retnain upon amicable terms with Great Britain, we doubt very much (supposing his professions to be. &mere), whether he will be able to obtain Peace upon such terms. In the mean time, however, Government ore adopting every necessary precaution for the security of British pro perty in Sweden. . , . By a letter received at a respeBable Commercial House, this morning, ,dated Lisbon, April 2d, we find there was a report at that place, that the French entered Oporto, and had taken possession of the yes r!els in that luirbour, amounting to about is sail. the Bikelliqzie has arrived, with a Convoy from Jamaio. Government has received some further accounts from Vigo, which state, that the zeal rnartifested by the Spaniards in ,that quarter is' almost' incredible, and we have every reason to believe that in a short time it will be proda6tive of the most important consequences, • It is impossible to describe the apprehensions en tertained by the French Garrison of Vigo, of.falling into the bands of. the Spaniards. It was in conse quence of their most earnest application that they were taken wider our proteaion, and embarked on board-British Bhips,'nnd sollger were they to - avail themselves of that protvaion, that many.of them waded into the sea, up to their necks,- 'to get to our bow' A Utter- baa been rcceiv©d from Capt. DONALD SON, of , the Ship. Neptune, outward-bound, dated 6th March last, 'in lat. 36. 36. N. long. 15. e 6. W. in company with the Fleet, viz;--i/Parred Hastings, Lord Melville, True 4.iriton, Cumberland, Satiety Castle, and Cuffitells, all well.' The Betsey Cutter thrived on Wednesday at Ply mouth, from Rochefort. She brings intelligeme that preparationS were Making for the altdck upon the French Fleet in Basque Roads. We trust, there fore; that in a few days we shall have the pleasure of eornmunicatißg to our Readers some satisfaaory accounts from that quarter. Ibis MAJESTY didnot take Motional ride on horofi. k morning; on account of the r;iin. 1.),0e4c00. Yon, gL t Wincli;or un. Wednesi day ;or London, after Oeilli4phi a yioic iQ 110 MA is. 1::1( fc,r a i,gstY 41,70% SECOND EDITION. SUN-OFFICE, ITALF-PAfir TWO o'cLocr, P. LC . We stop the Press to state, that Dispatches bora just been received from Lisbon, which are dated the led of this Month. We are concerned to say that the information re ceived by them is of a very unpleaannt nature , -- Oporto has fallen, without making any resist ance whatever. It is understood that the B slwp of Oporto displayed much courage, but his example was not followed by his countrymen... -- On the approach of `the French tha t Oat to, , death, all those who proposed to surrendeT,„bist they afterwards surrender& Without:relistance , standing the exhortations and exertions -of the Ai. Yesterday a Court of DireBOTS Will !Ad ,at the 1 East India House, when the Silt new Dire&Ore took the 1131.131 oaths and their seats. COM. G.RANT 1111 d Wit. ASTBLI, Esql. were . eleded. Chairman and Deputy Chairthan. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. An Expcditiou is reported to have b ee n sent to Archange:, to destroy several Men of War which are building in the Dock- yards at that place. About toe sail ,of. Transports which Governm 4 ' had last week declined to retain any longer, vil. yesterday engaged again fora cettalu period. ' The payment of the dividends commence at the Bank, to the Bankers - and' Mirchants, to-worthy': and on Monday to the public at large. , -' ‘, We have received letters from Lisbon, whlOri though not of a date prior to those received bY,..tittt ' Mad, enable us to state some Ws of importance,. They are dated the 2otti of March, and were brOtls l ,4 F by the Lavinia Frigate, whiCh sailed some days .her fore the last Packet. We have already noticed tho , formation of a Court .Martial at Lisbort__ of which 1 GeheralCotTost wait to be President. Outletts o o we are sorry to observe, state that the Court was to meet for the purpose of trying . three Officers, lc* cused -of having killed a Spanish Captain in a drunitia quarrel. . . Tbefollowing General Order was, issued for appointment o 4 the Court Martial, and for brigaditill the army . . . Adjutant-General's Office, Lisbon,, Mash it t , - • GENERAL ORDER. ~ , . A General Court Martial will assemble at COO: rata, on Tuesday,° the ' . 2lst instant, at ttn,,tA la° in the morning, for the tt ial of such ptisoriertas " 4 be brought before it. : - ~ 0 The army in Portugal Is brigaded asfullows, anal farther orders. . ' s.ooss X- a. Lieuteq" a l f e d . I( ne . r C i l P cv Sji tu j it i n li de F r . i " l C43sit l' r4 '` ' 4 n in and- Major,Gen. Suarianaox....Second in Cy - ra a First 13tig°d-).,,e'"blajor-Liii nera l Conot4, Ahodireas 14 . Brigauter l ut4,ieral SrtwAirr...:.•l4l.l.6",ligl'l goons, ad ditto King's Gornian .I.,egion, ed o.0111iP? *th toot, epth ditto, g7th ditto, tivh companie s 6°tP ,. Second Brigade—hlajt,t:Pe.tHeriti ,MgattAY, 0 " silted .b Briga4ier-Generahr: i)sitssiatio and L'Aso' c i wowrst.:•:--ist battalion King's German Legion , l a ditto. dittO, sth ditto, 7th ditto, 4th light infantry Third Brigade...-MajOrGenerell MACl‘lie4Zlg) ai` s . isted by Brigadier-General C}a4l4loNo-...151 bat lion 31sf.regiment, Rd ditto detachme nts, 34 di!`? ls' . 117th regiment, Ist ditto .4bth ditto, 6 COMpta 60th regiment. • I Fourth Brigatle— Major -Pener.al Tams . , ), 04 ,. by Brigadier -general SONTAG.Ibt battalion 344 0 °", ad ditto detachments, 32d ditto' 87th regiment, 14 ditto 88th ditto, 20th light drageons. Brigades of Guards, a Reserve—Brigadier-Ge nentl Caurast.t..—ist Battalion Coldstream, Ist dim.' Guards., . . The following is the latest intelligence from the Corps under the command of Sir itoeSRT W11,6°14' to which a number of British Officers are attached : rti f Copy of a Dispatch from Brigadier.Generai wit. sos, ~.1 , - , c , , of the Legion of Lusitia t _written trona Fwite de . _% 3l ';„ I:0MM), Llama the 30 of Mardi, 1809 and adttro6o. Ins Excellency Sen. U . Mictrxi. YZAIIIRA EORJA2'.6 ' •' I have the honour to communicate to yotirt,,, cellency that, notwithstanding the enemy he '- o iv u ed sai t ld hree cav d al i r ff y e:e l nt h r a e v i e nfopiernenis at Sal where they have now six thousand infantry and cO, e th e v Pu an si ce s a d s u be it t l -o i r a e. cor T ps he ol !n in e f rn an yli t r ri l l ie :L te'et t i l o i lvt h r il adlt';'l°''' rugc'' lc edd : that I had made a movement oe the right o f lbe l' 'l4 of Penba de Frauza, with 1200 men, returnecilal; to s . 3l o l" i na l the Ist inst. the enemy atternp o , I° , 5 ,,,' 1 ,,q 4 g p 4i9 r s i ot z i : i : g o to u of r 7 a pg d r v a.c, a a e n i ud e i c cr aaPmgraeseitnstrwtvelithohefia*::noirpbstiln/51a.;404 rug in his attempt, •I immediately ordered 6° a O,l pursued them at full: speed for the spa de c l spae ra o trititi n ' e i li i leagues, making three prisoners, and kio ll 4 :,,t wounding several of . them. Thu enemy r e l',.3i to a distance of six leagues from our post. ,: ‘ ,:,, 0 r much . pleased with the &slimy and gooti b e ' n -- ;ti Of our troop. I had previously stationed " il ia ° '' the high road from Porto de Banhos, and par , C a, lady where the enemy were to pass to FArdouti i , u no point 01 much importance to them, and not I °' - to Portugal. . I :04‘ni- few u pdlaeyass eago tto see paid tt.t Y a ifi r i t t ny (o i' G n lion, andfarticularly the cavalry, which is exci: ll< : cil • L '-The desertion of the Germans begins t" be ü b t ,ii considerable,,aisd it. isan ohjeCt which I eadeav°„,l much as possible to encouraae. The peasants dig.w.ll, milt - il zeal, and chow of Serra are anttnated. to seed it'ilegree, that on prostisious failing 116, they ileePilid that limy would nut only devote their prop ert y bit turtunes for late maintenance of the trooPi''. o o f ifutild even sacrifice their lives for the do t° ,`" l t4e, ,4 shall I Inn certain than, i without tit? 4 fil . .4 shall be able to maintain a ;944 14 . 1 .40 1° et i°. egno.o,Ci Lc/1;0,111'1,11:i .:! i4(, 0 I ,)s, in Oil cloCcrs",